Category: Legislature

Michigan lawmakers have commenced a new two-year term. A veteran Republican senator on Wednesday planned to quickly propose eliminating the state income tax – a proposal that’s unlikely to be embraced by Governor Rick Snyder but which could prompt …

So state Sen. Steube and Rep. Rayburn want to allow guns at airports. For that matter, why not allow them inside the State Capitol and courthouses? Why should our elected leaders be the only ones to have a gun-free working environment? Rosa Maria Hanchett …

Grades are the metric by which schools determine which students are excelling, which are passing and which are failing. On its face it would seem to make sense to have schools face the same standards they apply to their students: A’s for the schools that …

It’ll take more than a bullet to the head to keep State Rep. Armando “Mando” Martinez from the 85th Legislative Session in Austin. By the start of the session Tuesday, it will only have been 10 days since Martinez, D-Weslaco, suffered a gunshot wound to …

… proceed, but will depend on Legislature BARRE TOWN – The planned merger … wait a year because the Legislature might not have enough time … the crossover date (for the Legislature,” Rogers said. “A bill would … in the past where the Legislature has accepted bills after the …

LINCOLN — Nebraska finds itself in rarefied air when it comes to medical marijuana. It’s one of a handful states — a list that includes South Dakota, Kansas, Indiana and West Virginia — that prohibit all forms of medicinal cannabis. Twenty-eight states …